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ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC,

TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE

Twenty-fourth meeting (part I)

Online, 3 May–9 June 2021

REPORT OF THE SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE ON ITS TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING (PART I)

The Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice held the first part of its

twenty-fourth meeting online, from 3 May to 9 June 2021. The Subsidiary Body considered all items on

its agenda, and prepared draft recommendations on a number of them. The Subsidiary Body will

complete its work, including the adoption of its recommendations, at its resumed session to be held in-

person at a later date.

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Contents

Account of proceedings ................................................................................................................................ 3

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3

Item 1. Opening of the meeting ................................................................................................................. 6

Item 2. Organizational matters................................................................................................................... 7

A. Adoption of the agenda ................................................................................................................. 8

B. Election of officers ........................................................................................................................ 8

C. Organization of work ..................................................................................................................... 9

Item 3. Post-2020 global biodiversity framework ................................................................................... 10

A. Fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook ......................................................................... 11

B. Technical and scientific aspects of the goals and targets of the post-2020 global

biodiversity framework and suggested monitoring framework .................................................................. 11

Item 4. Synthetic biology ......................................................................................................................... 12

Item 5. Risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms ........................................ 13

Item 6. Marine and coastal biodiversity ................................................................................................... 14

Item 7. Biodiversity and agriculture ........................................................................................................ 15

Item 8. Programme of work of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and

Ecosystem Services ..................................................................................................................... 16

Item 9. Biodiversity and health ................................................................................................................ 17

Item 10. Invasive alien species .................................................................................................................. 17

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ACCOUNT OF PROCEEDINGS

INTRODUCTION

1. Part I of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and

Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity was held online from 3 May to 9 June 2021,

back-to-back with part I of the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation. It was understood

that the meeting would be resumed for a second part, in-person, at a later date.

Attendance

2. The meeting was attended by representatives of the following Parties and other Governments:

Albania

Algeria

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Bhutan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cabo Verde

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Czechia

Democratic Republic of the

Congo

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Estonia

Ethiopia

European Union

Fiji

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kenya

Kuwait

Latvia

Liberia

Libya

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Malta

Mexico

Micronesia (Federated States

of)

Monaco

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Palau

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Korea

Russian Federation

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

Samoa

Saudi Arabia

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Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

State of Palestine

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Thailand

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom of Great

Britain and Northern

Ireland

United States of America

Venezuela (Bolivarian

Republic of)

Viet Nam

Zambia

3. Observers from the following United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, convention secretariats

and other bodies also attended:

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory

Species of Wild Animals,

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

Nations

Global Environment Facility

Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and

Ecosystem Services

International Maritime Organization

International Seabed Authority

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner

for Human Rights

Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention

UN Women

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre for

Specially Protected Areas

United Nations Conference on Trade and

Development

United Nations Convention to Combat

Desertification

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and

the Law of the Sea

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin

America and the Caribbean

United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization

United Nations Environment Programme

United Nations Office for Project Services

United Nations University

World Health Organization

World Meteorological Organization

4. The following organizations were also represented by observers:

ABS Capacity Development Initiative

African Centre for Biodiversity

African Indigenous Women Organization

(Nairobi)

African Union

African Union Development Agency-NEPAD

African Wildlife Foundation

Aichi Prefecture

Andes Chinchasuyo

ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation

Assembly of First Nations

Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

Avaaz

Barnes Hill Community Development

Organization

Bioversity International

BirdLife International

Born Free Foundation

Botanic Gardens Conservation International

Brazilian Network of Plant-Pollinators

Interactions

California Natural Resources Agency

Campaign for Nature

Capitals Coalition

Caribbean Community Secretariat

CBD Alliance

Center for Biological Diversity

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Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the

North/Russian Indigenous Training Centre

Centre for International Sustainable

Development Law

Centro para la Investigación y Planificación del

Desarrollo Maya

Change our Next Decade

Clan Ancestral Quinatoa

ClientEarth

Coastal Oceans Research and Development in

the Indian Ocean

Colorado State University

Consejo Shipibo Konibo Xetebo Peru

Conservation International

Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios

Profesionales para la Solidaridad Social, R.L.

Cornell University

CropLife International

David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation

Defenders of Wildlife

DHI Water & Environment

Duke Kunshan University

Duke University

EcoNexus

ECOROPA

Environmental Investigation Agency

ETC Group

European Bureau for Conservation and

Development

Every Woman Hope Centre

Fauna & Flora International

Federation of German Scientists

Fondation Franz Weber

Forest Peoples Programme

Forest Stewardship Council

Forum Environment and Development (Forum

Umwelt & Entwicklung)

Foundation for the National Institutes of Health

Friends of the Earth Europe

Friends of the Earth International

Friends of the Earth U.S.

Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales

Future Earth

GenØk - Centre for Biosafety

German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity

Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig

Ghent University

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Global Forest Coalition

Global Industry Coalition

Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative

Global Youth Biodiversity Network

Global Youth Online Union

Greenpeace International

Griffith University

Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity

Observation Network

Heriot-Watt University

ICCA Consortium

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

Imperial College London

Indigenous Information Network

Institut de recherche en sciences de la santé

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Institut du développement durable et des

relations internationales

Institute for Biodiversity Network

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on

Agriculture

International Chamber of Commerce

International Collective in Support of

Fishworkers

International Coral Reef Initiative

International Council of Environmental Law

International Council on Mining and Metals

International Federation of Pharmaceutical

Manufacturers and Associations

International Fertilizer Association

International Fund for Animal Welfare

International Grain Trade Coalition

International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity

International Institute for Environment and

Development

International Partnership for the Satoyama

Initiative

International Planning Committee for Food

Sovereignty

International Tropical Timber Organization

International Union of Biological Sciences

International University Network on Cultural and

Biological Diversity

Inuit Circumpolar Council

IPIECA

Island Conservation

IUCN - International Union for Conservation of

Nature

J. Craig Venter Institute

Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation

Japan Civil Network for the United Nations

Decade on Biodiversity

Japan Committee for IUCN

Japan Environmental Lawyers for Future

Japan Wildlife Research Center

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Leibniz-Institute DSMZ (German Collection of

Microorganisms and Cell Cultures)

McGill University

McMaster University

Missouri Botanical Garden

Nagoya University

National Geographic Society

National Institute for Environmental Studies

Natural Resources Defense Council

NC State University

New Wind Association

Nia Tero

Nirmanee Development Foundation

Nordic Council

Nordic Council of Ministers

OceanCare

Organization for Economic Co-operation and

Development

Parabukas

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment

Agency

Pesticide Action Network UK

Planet Tracker

POLLINIS

Public Research and Regulation Initiative

Rainforest Foundation Norway

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Ramsar Network Japan

Rare

Red de Mujeres Indígenas sobre Biodiversidad

para América Latina y el Caribe

Regions4 Sustainable Development

Research Institute for Humanity and Nature

Réseau des gestionnaires d’aires marines

protégées de Méditerranée

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Saami Council

Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Save our Seeds

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment

Programme

Smithsonian Institution

Society for Ecological Restoration

Society for the Preservation of Natural History

Collections (SPNHC)

Society for Wetland Biodiversity Conservation -

Nepal

South Asia Co-operative Environment

Programme

South Centre

Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives for

Community Empowerment

Stockholm Resilience Centre

Tebtebba Foundation

The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservation Society of Japan

The Pew Charitable Trusts

The Union for Ethical BioTrade

The World Bank Group

Third World Network

TRAFFIC International

Tulalip Tribes

Uganda Virus Research Institute

Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal

University of California

University of Cambridge

University of Edinburgh

University of Guelph

Western Ghats Hotspot Conservation Forum

Western Michigan University

Wetlands International - Japan

Wildlife Conservation Society

Women Engage for a Common Future

World Agroforestry Centre

World Animal Protection

World Business Council for Sustainable

Development

WWF International

Youth Biotech

Zoological Society of London

ITEM 1. OPENING OF THE MEETING

5. The meeting was opened at 11:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) (7 a.m. Montreal time) on

Monday, 3 May 2021, by the Chair, Mr. Hesiquio Benítez Díaz (Mexico), who welcomed the participants to

the first of nine virtual plenary sessions that would take place in three blocks during May and June, back-to-

back with the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, which would also hold its plenary

sessions online in three blocks. He expressed the hope that the participants, and those close to them, were

healthy and safe, and his condolences to those that had lost loved ones. He called for a moment of silence to

remember those lost during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

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6. Opening statements were made by Mr. Hamdallah Zedan (Egypt) and Ms. Elizabeth Maruma

Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

7. Mr. Zedan, speaking on behalf of the President of the Conference of the Parties, welcomed the

participants and expressed his solidarity with them during the pandemic and his hope that they and their

loved ones were well. He thanked the Chair of the Subsidiary Body and the members of the Bureau for their

leadership in preparing for the meeting and said that, under their guidance, the participants would carry

forward the work of the Convention and its Protocols. The current meeting would advance preparations for

the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The agenda items covered the principal areas of work

of the Convention and its protocols, and progress on them would allow the development of an ambitious and

transformative post-2020 global biodiversity framework by providing advice to the Open-ended Working

Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for its third meeting. The discussions at the current

meeting would advance the work of the Working Group and ultimately the work of the Conference of the

Parties, which was scheduled to adopt the post-2020 global biodiversity framework at its fifteenth meeting,

in Kunming, China.

8. Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, also

delivered opening remarks, thanking the Chair and the other members of the Bureau for their leadership in

preparing for the formal session of the Subsidiary Body in difficult times, as well as the Government of

Canada for covering the additional costs of the virtual formal session and providing a dedicated team of

volunteers. Noting that over 1,500 people representing 102 countries were registered, she expressed the hope

that participants had had the opportunity to attend the pre-meeting webinars and the informal session held

earlier in the year in preparation for the current formal session. The Executive Secretary briefly reviewed the

items that were on the agenda of the meeting.

9. The Chair also provided an update on the fifth Science-Policy Forum for Biodiversity and the eighth

International Conference on Sustainability Science, which had been held virtually as joint sessions the

previous month. The main message conveyed was that coming decade would be crucial for bending the curve

of biodiversity loss, putting biodiversity on a path towards living in harmony with nature. The post-2020

global biodiversity framework would need to be both nature positive, aiming for a net gain in the status of

biodiversity and nature’s contribution to people by 2030, and reflect the systemic challenges. For

mainstreaming of biodiversity to be implemented effectively, central attention needed be given to nature-

based solutions that were framed by ecosystem approaches. Ambitious targets were needed to address the

systemic drivers of biodiversity loss, as were actions that went beyond limiting biodiversity loss to

supporting restoration and moved towards a “net gain” through regenerative practices.

ITEM 2. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

10. The Chair recalled that the informal virtual session of the Subsidiary Body held in February 2021

had contributed to maintaining momentum towards, and advancing the preparations for, the fifteenth meeting

of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, scheduled to be held from 11 to 24 October 2021, and

the third meeting of Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework,

scheduled to be held in August 2021. The current meeting had been organized in the light of both those

meetings and the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. It did not set a precedent for the

organization of similar meetings under the Convention in the future. At the informal session, the Subsidiary

Body had already considered six of the eight topics on the agenda, in a manner similar to the first reading of

pre-session documents at a formal meeting of the Subsidiary Body. At that time, participants had been

encouraged to focus their interventions on the draft recommendations set out in the pre-session documents,

but no negotiations had taken place and no formal substantive outcomes or conference room papers had been

produced.

11. While all Parties maintained their right to take the floor and make statements at the current meeting,

the Chair urged participants not to repeat the points already made during the informal session and to only

add new points in their statements, except for agenda items 8 and 9, which had not been considered at the

informal session. The statements made at the informal session would be taken into account in the preparation

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of any conference room papers or non-papers produced for the current meeting. No final documents would

be considered or adopted at the present virtual sessions of the meeting (part I); that would be deferred to later

physical sessions of the meeting (part II), to be organized back-to-back with either a physical meeting of the

Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework or the fifteenth meeting of

the Conference of the Parties, unless otherwise decided by the bureaux of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific,

Technical and Technological Advice and the Conference of the Parties. The Chair would report to the

Co-Chairs of the Working Group on items needed for the post-2020 process.

A. Adoption of the agenda

12. At the first plenary session of part I of the meeting, on 3 May 2021, the Subsidiary Body adopted

the following agenda on the basis of the provisional agenda prepared by the Executive Secretary in

consultation with the Bureau (CBD/SBSTTA/24/1):

1. Opening of the meeting.

2. Organizational matters: election of officers, adoption of the agenda and organization

of work.

3. Post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

4. Synthetic biology.

5. Risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms.

6. Marine and coastal biodiversity.

7. Biodiversity and agriculture.

8. Programme of work of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

9. Biodiversity and health.

10 Invasive alien species.

11. Other matters.

12. Adoption of the report.

13. Closure of the meeting.

13. The Chair drew the attention of the meeting to the annotated provisional agenda

(CBD/SBSTTA/24/1/Add.1) and the scenario note for the meeting (CBD/SBSTTA/24/1/Add.2). While all

agenda items would be addressed, priority would be given to elements directly related to the post-2020 process

to enable the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, and its Co-

Chairs, to develop a high-quality global biodiversity framework at the third meeting of the Working Group.

14. Taking into account the extraordinary circumstances prevailing due the ongoing pandemic situation

and recognizing the complexities involved in holding the meeting in a virtual setting, it was indicated in the

scenario note (CBD/SBSTTA/24/1/Add.2) that finalization of the recommendations of the Subsidiary Body

would be deferred to a later date at a physical meeting organized back-to-back with a physical meeting of

the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework or the fifteenth meeting of the

Conference of the Parties, unless otherwise decided by the Bureau. Owing to the suspension of the meeting,

the last three items of the agenda, namely items 11 (other matters), 12 (adoption of the report), and 13 (closure

of the meeting), are deferred to a resumed session of the meeting that would be held at a later date.

B. Election of officers

15. In accordance with the elections held at the twenty-third meeting of the Subsidiary Body, the Bureau

for the twenty-fourth meeting comprised the following members:

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Chair: Mr. Hesiquio Benítez Díaz (Mexico)

Vice-Chairs: Ms. Alison McMorrow (Australia)

Ms. Senka Barudanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Ms. Marina Von Weissenberg (Finland)

Ms. Kongchay Phimmakong (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)

Mr. Larbi Sbai (Morocco)

Ms. Gwendalyn Sisior (Palau)

Mr. Adams Toussaint (Saint Lucia)

Ms. Marie-Mae Muzungaile (Seychelles)

Mr. Volodymyr Domalishnets (Ukraine)

Alternate Vice-Chairs for the Nagoya Protocol:

Ms. Helena Jeffery Brown (Antigua and Barbuda) for Saint Lucia

Ms. Tatsiana Lipinskaya (Belarus) for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine

Mr. Moustafa M.A. Fouda (Egypt) for Seychelles

Mr. Gaute Voigt-Hanssen (Norway) for Australia

16. The Subsidiary Body was reminded that it needed to nominate new members to the Bureau to replace

the outgoing members from Finland, Morocco, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Ukraine.

Depending on the outcome of those nominations, it might also be necessary to nominate substitute members

of the Bureau that were also Parties to the protocols to the Convention. As the current virtual sessions of the

meeting (part I) of the Subsidiary Body would not have a closing session, and new Bureau members only

took office after the closure of the meeting of the Subsidiary Body, , it was agreed that the Subsidiary Body

would elect the new members of the Bureau during the resumed part of the meeting.

17. Following a recommendation from the Bureau, Ms. Senka Barudanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

was elected Rapporteur for the meeting.

18. At the invitation of the Chair, the Rapporteur made a statement on behalf of all the participants in

the meeting. She congratulated the Chair of the Subsidiary Body, the members of the Bureau and the

Executive Secretary and her team for the high quality of the preparations for the meeting. She expressed

confidence that the deliberations would be productive and thanked the Chair for giving her the opportunity

to speak on behalf of all the participants.

C. Organization of work

19. At the first plenary session of part I of the meeting, on 3 May 2021, the Subsidiary Body agreed to

the organization of work for part I of the meeting as set out in the annotated provisional agenda

(CBD/SBSTTA/24/1/Add.1) and the scenario note for part I of the meeting (CBD/SBSTTA/24/1/Add.2).

The Chair said that he would chair all plenary sessions except the session on agenda item 9, on biodiversity

and health, would be chaired by Ms. Helena Jeffery Brown (Antigua and Barbuda).

20. The Chair then explained how contact groups would operate during part I of the meeting. Contact

groups would meet for sessions of up to three hours and multiple sessions could be scheduled each day

provided that different contact groups did not meet in parallel. The sessions would be open to representatives

of all Parties, other Governments and observers. The usual practice would apply to participation of observers:

at the discretion of the co-chairs, they might be given the floor after Parties had spoken and any substantive

proposals made by them would need to be supported by at least one Party for it to be taken up by the contact

group. The participants were encouraged to use the chat function of the web-based Interactio conference

system to indicate such support rather than by requesting the floor. The contact groups would only be

accessible through the Interactio conference system, and, in order to maintain the integrity of that system,

Parties and other accredited organizations were asked to limit themselves to one or two speakers. The

remaining members of delegations could observe the discussion and speakers could be exchanged at any

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time. All other participants could join as viewers. Following the usual practice, the deliberations could not

be recorded or shared through social media.

ITEM 3. POST-2020 GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK

21. The Subsidiary Body considered agenda item 3 at the first plenary session of part I of the meeting,

on 3 May 2021. In considering the item, the Subsidiary Body had before it notes by the Executive Secretary

on: (a) the fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook and its summary for policymakers

(CBD/SBSTTA/24/2); (b) scientific and technical information to support the review of the updated goals and

targets, and related indicators and baselines of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

(CBD/SBSTTA/24/3); (c) the proposed indicators and monitoring approach for the post-2020 global

biodiversity framework (CBD/SBSTTA/24/3/Add.1); (d) scientific and technical information to support the

review of the proposed goals and targets in the updated zero draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity

framework, which had been updated following a technical peer-review process

(CBD/SBSTTA/24/3/Add.2/Rev.1). The official pre-session documents were supported by a number of

information documents: (a) synthesizing the scientific evidence to inform the development of the post-2020

global biodiversity framework (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/9); (b) annotations for terms and concepts used in the

language of interim updated post-2020 goals and targets (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/11); (c) the linkages

between the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

(CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/12); (d) indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

(CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/16); (e) development of a post-2020 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation as a

component of the global biodiversity framework (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/20); (f) detailed scientific and

technical information to support the review of the proposed goals and targets in the updated zero draft of the

post-2020 global biodiversity framework (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/21); and (g) the report of the second

consultation workshop of biodiversity-related conventions on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

(Bern II) (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/27).

22. Introducing the item, the Chair recalled that the topic had been considered during the informal

session, on 17 and 18 February 2021, at which time representatives of 48 Parties and regional groups and 18

observers had made statements. The Secretariat had also received written statements from 1 other Party and

20 other observers.1

23. Regional statements were made by representatives of Argentina (on behalf of the Latin American

and Caribbean Group) and South Africa (on behalf of the African Group).

24. Additional statements were made by representatives of Argentina, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belgium,

Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, the European

Union, Finland, France, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico,

Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda

and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

25. The Subsidiary Body resumed its consideration of the item during the second plenary session of

part I of the meeting, on 4 May 2021.

26. Statements were made by representatives of Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Denmark, Ethiopia, India,

Peru and Senegal.

27. Statements were also made by representatives of the Advisory Committee of Subnational

Governments for Biodiversity (coordinated by Regions4 and the government of Quebec) (also on behalf of

the European Committee of the Regions, the Group of Leading Subnational Governments toward Aichi

Biodiversity Targets, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, and on behalf of the Edinburgh Process

partners), the CBD Alliance, the CBD Women’s Caucus, the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN),

the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (also on

behalf of the Born Free Foundation, the Center for Biological Diversity, the David Shepherd Wildlife

1 The report on the informal session is available at https://www.cbd.int/conferences/sbstta24-sbi3/sbstta-24-prep-03/documents.

https://www.cbd.int/conferences/sbstta24-sbi3/sbstta-24-prep-03/documents

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Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife, the Environmental Investigation Agency, Fondation Franz Weber, the

International Fund for Animal Welfare, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Pro Wildlife and the World

Federation for Animals).

28. In addition to the statements by observers presented orally, statements by the following observer

organizations could not be delivered due to limited time but were made available on the meeting web page:

the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, Coastal Oceans

Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO), the Economic Commission for Latin America

and the Caribbean, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Future Earth, the

German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, the Global Forest Coalition

(GFC), Griffith University, the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO

BON), the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), the International Fertilizer Association (IFA), the

International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA), the International

Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC), the International Union for Conservation of Nature and

Natural Resources (IUCN), Island Conservation, the Mediterranean Protected Areas Network (MedPAN),

New Wind Association, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Public

Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI), the secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of

Migratory Species of Wild Animals, the secretariat of the Framework Convention on the Protection and

Sustainable Development of the Carpathians, the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat

Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in

Africa, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations

Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations University, the Western Ghats Hotspot Conservation

Forum, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development

(WBCSD) and the World Heritage Centre.

A. Fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook

29. Following the exchange of views, the Chair said that he would prepare a revised text on the elements

of the agenda item related to the fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook, taking into account the

views expressed orally by the Parties or supported by them and the comments received in writing, during the

informal session in February and at the current meeting.

30. At the fifth plenary session of part I of the meeting, on 25 May 2021, the Subsidiary Body considered

the draft recommendation submitted by the Chair. Following an exchange of views, the Subsidiary Body

approved the draft recommendation, as orally amended, as draft recommendation CBD/SBSTTA/24/L.2, for

formal adoption at a later stage.

B. Technical and scientific aspects of the goals and targets of the post-2020 global

biodiversity framework and suggested monitoring framework

31. Following the exchange of views at its plenary session on 4 May 2021, the Chair established a

contact group co-chaired by Ms. Anne Teller (European Union) and Mr. Jorge Murillo (Colombia). The

mandate of the group was to work on the scientific and technical review of goals and targets of the post-2020

global biodiversity framework on the basis of document CBD/SBSTTA/24/3/Add.2/Rev.1 and the issues and

recommendations related to the monitoring framework on the basis of documents CBD/SBSTTA/24/3 and

Add.1, for which a non-paper would be developed.

32. At the fifth plenary session of part I of the meeting, on 25 May 2021, the co-chairs of the contact

group reported to the Subsidiary Body on the work of the group.

33. The co-chairs of the contact group reported that, with respect to the scientific and technical review

of goals and targets in the updated zero draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and general

elements of organization of the monitoring framework, the contact group co-chairs had opened an in-session

online survey on headline indicators. The co-chairs had prepared a text (“Co-chairs’ text on item 3”), taking

into account the discussions in the contact group and the views expressed in plenary and during the February

informal session of the Subsidiary Body, as well as the survey results; the co-chairs’ text was accompanied

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by an annex showing the results of the survey graphically for each headline indicator. The full comments

provided by parties in the survey were compiled in information document CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/29. The

understanding was that the Chair of the Subsidiary Body would forward the contact group co-chairs’ text on

item 3 to the Co-Chairs of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, to be taken

into account in the preparation of the first draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, together

with document CBD/SBSTTA/24/3/Add.2/Rev.1 and all original statements.

34. Similarly, the Co-Chairs of the Working Group, with the support of the Secretariat, would use the

survey results, along with the more general views expressed, to revise the monitoring framework.

35. With respect to issues and recommendations related to the monitoring framework for the post-2020

global biodiversity framework, the outcome of the discussions in the contact group had been captured in a

draft recommendation submitted for the consideration of the Parties.

36. Following the report of the contact group co-chair, statements were made by representatives of

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, France, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Norway,

Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda and the United Kingdom.

37. It was noted that the Co-Chairs of the Working Group, with the support of the Executive Secretary,

would further update the monitoring framework as necessary to align it with the outcomes of the third

meeting of the Working Group, for subsequent consideration at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of

the Parties.

38. The Subsidiary Body resumed its consideration of the draft recommendation at the sixth plenary

session of part I of the meeting, on 26 May 2021. Following an exchange of views, the Subsidiary Body

approved the draft recommendation, as orally amended, as draft recommendation CBD/SBSTTA/24/L.3, for

formal adoption at a later stage.

ITEM 4. SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY

39. The Subsidiary Body considered agenda item 4 at the third plenary session of part I of the meeting,

on 23 May 2021. In considering the item, the Subsidiary Body had before it a note by the Executive Secretary

on synthetic biology (CBD/SBSTTA/24/4/Rev.1), including a suggested recommendation. It also had before

it, as information documents: (a) a list of references on synthetic biology (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/6), (b) an

update of the Technical Series on Synthetic Biology (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/19), (c) the report of the Ad Hoc

Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology (CBD/SYNBIO/AHTEG/2019/1/3), (d) a synthesis of

submissions on synthetic biology (CBD/SYNBIO/AHTEG/2019/1/INF/1) and (e) a synthesis of discussions

of the Online Forum on Synthetic Biology (CBD/SYNBIO/AHTEG/2019/1/INF/2).


session, held on 18 and 19 February 2021, at which time representatives of 31 Parties, 2 regional groups and

8 observers had made statements. The Secretariat had also received written statements from 1 other Party

and 2 other observers.2

41. Statements were made by the representatives of Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba,

Ecuador, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco,

Peru, the Republic of Korea, South Africa, Switzerland and Uganda.

42. Statements were also made by representatives of the CBD Alliance and IIFB (also on behalf of the

Indigenous Women’s Biodiversity Network).

43. In addition to the statements by observers presented orally, written statements were received, and

made available on the meeting web page from: the CBD Women’s Caucus, the German Foundation on Future

Farming (also on behalf of Save Our Seeds), GYBN, the Institute on Ethics and Policy for Innovation at

McMaster University and TWN.



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44. Following the exchange of views, the Chair established a contact group co-chaired by

Ms. Ntakadzeni Tshidada (South Africa) and Mr. Werner Schenkel (Germany). The mandate of the contact

group was to work on the process for horizon scanning described in the annex to the draft recommendation

contained in document (CBD/SBSTTA/24/4/Rev.1). In setting out the mandate of the contact group, the

Chair specified that, while there had been divergent views on whether synthetic biology should be considered

a new and emerging issue, the Parties had agreed, in decision 14/19, that horizon scanning of new

technological developments in synthetic biology was needed, and that the contact group should therefore

focus its work on the issue of horizon scanning only.

45. At the sixth plenary session of part I of the meeting, on 26 May 2021, the Chair said that, after

considering the diverse views, he had decided to convene a group of friends of the chair, composed of

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, the European Union, Finland, Japan,

Mexico and Norway, to help him to work on a text proposal on the relationship between synthetic biology

and the criteria on new and emerging issues. He requested one of the members of the Bureau of the Subsidiary

Body, Ms. Helena Jeffery Brown (Antigua and Barbuda), to facilitate the group.

46. The Subsidiary Body resumed its consideration of the agenda item at the eighth plenary session of

part I of the meeting, on 8 June 2021.

47. The facilitator of the friends of the chair group, which had in the end been composed of Argentina,

Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, the European Union, Finland, Japan, Norway and

South Africa, reported on the work of that group, and one of the co-chairs of the contact group reported on

the work of the contact group. The Subsidiary Body then considered a draft recommendation prepared by

the Chair, which reflected the outcomes of the discussions in the two groups.

48. During the session, several representatives signalled connectivity issues that they felt prevented them

from participating adequately in the discussion, and it was noted that some Parties had never been able to

participate or express their views, which was unacceptable at such a multilateral meeting.

49. Statements were made by representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Germany, Mexico,

South Africa, Switzerland and Togo.

50. The Subsidiary Body resumed its consideration of the agenda item at the ninth plenary session of

part I of the meeting, on 9 June 2021. Following an exchange of views, the Subsidiary Body approved the

draft recommendation, as orally amended, as draft recommendation CBD/SBSTTA/24/L.5, for formal

adoption at a later stage.

ITEM 5. RISK ASSESSMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT OF LIVING

MODIFIED ORGANISMS

51. The Subsidiary Body considered agenda item 5 at the fourth plenary session of part I of the meeting, on

24 May 2021. In considering the item, the Subsidiary Body had before it a note by the Executive Secretary on

risk assessment and risk management (CBD/SBSTTA/24/5), including a suggested recommendation. It also had

before it, as information documents: (a) a list of bibliographic references on engineered gene drives and living

modified fish (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/7); (b) a synthesis of relevant information from the fourth national reports

on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/13); (c) a study on risk

assessment: application of annex I of decision CP-9/13 to living modified fish (CBD/CP/RA/AHTEG/2020/1/3);

(d) a study on risk assessment: application of annex I of decision CP-9/13 to living modified organisms

containing engineered gene drives (CBD/CP/RA/AHTEG/2020/1/4); (e) the report of the Ad Hoc Technical

Expert Group on Risk Assessment (CBD/CP/RA/AHTEG/2020/1/5); (f) a synthesis of submissions on

experiences, challenges and needs regarding risk assessment of living modified organisms containing engineered

gene drives and living modified fish (CBD/CP/RA/AHTEG/2020/1/INF/1); and (g) a synthesis of the

interventions from the Open-ended Online Forum (CBD/CP/RA/AHTEG/2020/1/INF/2).


session, on 19 and 24 February 2021, at which time interventions had been made by 21 Parties, 2 non-Parties,

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2 regional groups and 5 observers, with written statements also received from 3 other Parties and 2 other

observers.3

53. Statements were made by the representatives of Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Cuba, the European Union,

Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, the Republic of Korea,

South Africa and Switzerland.

54. In addition to statements presented orally by Parties, a written statement by Portugal was made

available on the meeting web page.

55. Statements were also made by representatives of the CBD Alliance, the CBD Women’s caucus, IIFB,

Target Malaria and the National Institute of Health.

56. In addition to statements presented orally by observers, a written statement by IPC was made

available on the meeting web page.

57. Following the exchange of views, the Chair established a contact group co-chaired by

Ms. Ntakadzeni Tshidada (South Africa) and Mr. Werner Schenkel (Germany), with the mandate to further

consider issues related to process to develop additional voluntary guidance materials on risk assessment of

living modified organisms containing engineered gene drives, for which a non-paper would be developed.

58. At the ninth plenary session of part I of the meeting, on 9 June 2021, one of the co-chairs of the

contact group reported to the Subsidiary Body on the work of the group. The group had discussed most of

the paragraphs, and the annex, of a non-paper on risk assessment, but had still not resolved issues related to

paragraph 1 (c) of the terms of reference regarding the scope of additional voluntary guidance materials on

organisms containing engineered gene drives, or who should develop a first draft of the additional voluntary

guidance materials. The group had reached a common understanding to develop additional voluntary

guidance materials on organisms containing engineered gene drives and to not, at the current stage, develop

additional voluntary guidance materials on living modified fish.

59. Following an exchange of views, the Subsidiary Body approved the draft recommendation, as orally

amended, as draft recommendation CBD/SBSTTA/24/L.6, for formal adoption at a later stage.

ITEM 6. MARINE AND COASTAL BIODIVERSITY

60. The Subsidiary Body considered agenda item 6 at the second plenary session of part 1 of the meeting,


on marine and coastal biodiversity (CBD/SBSTTA/24/6). It also had before it, as information documents:

(a) the report of the Expert Workshop to Identify Options for Modifying the Description of Ecologically or

Biologically Significant Marine Areas and Describing New Areas (CBD/EBSA/WS/2020/1/2); (b) the report

of the Thematic Workshop on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity

Framework (CBD/POST2020/WS/2019/10/2); (c) a compilation of submissions on experiences in the

implementation of marine spatial planning (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/1); (d) a synthesis of experiences to

achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 10 for coral reefs and closely associated ecosystems

(CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/2); (e) a synthesis of submissions on experiences for the implementation of the

voluntary specific workplan on biodiversity in cold-water areas within the jurisdictional scope of the

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/3); (f) a technical paper updating CBD

Technical Series No. 83 (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/4); (g) the draft CBD Technical Series on anthropogenic

underwater noise (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/5); (h) the report of the Expert Meeting on Other Effective Area-

based Conservation Measures in the Marine Capture Fishery Sector (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/10); (i) the

available monitoring frameworks and information to support monitoring of progress towards goals and

targets of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework with respect to marine and coastal biodiversity

(CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/23); (j) the report on regional seas biodiversity under the post-2020 global



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biodiversity framework (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/24); and (k) CBD Technical Series No. 87: Assessing

Progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 6 on Sustainable Marine Fisheries.


session, on 24 and 25 February 2021, at which time interventions had been made by 32 Parties and regional

groups and 14 observers, with written statements also received from 4 other Parties and 5 other observers.4

62. Statements were made by representatives of Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile,

China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Morocco,

Peru Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

63. In addition to statements presented orally by Parties, written statements by Israel, Japan, Mexico and

Samoa were made available on the meeting web page.

64. Statements by the following observer organizations could not be delivered due to limited time but

were made available on the meeting web page: BirdLife International, the CBD Women’s Caucus, the

Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations, FAO,

GEO BON, IIFB, the National Geographic Society, UNEP, the United Nations University (UNU), the

University of Cambridge Conservation Leadership Alumni, and the Wildlife Conservation Society.

65. Following the exchange of views, the Chair established a contact group co-chaired by Ms. Marie-

May Muzungaile (Seychelles) and Mr. Matthias Steitz (Germany), with the mandate to focus on annexes VI,

VIII, XI and XIII of the draft recommendations contained in document CBD/SBSTTA/24/6.

66. During the ninth plenary session of part I of the meeting, Parties highlighted the importance of

marine issues and of the need to ensure they are fully reflected in the post-2020 global biodiversity

framework.

67. At the ninth session of part I of the meeting, on 9 June 2021, the co-chairs of the contact group

reported on the group’s deliberations. He explained that those discussions were reflected in document

CBD/SBSTTA/24/CRP.4, together with other annexes and recommendations that the contact group had not

addressed. The texts on which the contact group had been asked to focus appeared as annexes VI and X in

the document.

68. Following the co-chair’s report, the Chair said that, owing to a lack of time, consideration of the

draft recommendations set out in documents CBD/SBSTTA/24/CRP.2 and CBD/SBSTTA/24/CRP.4, which

reflected statements made and submissions received during the informal session and at the current meeting,

and the outcome of discussions in the contact group, would be deferred to part II of the twenty-fourth

meeting, to be held in person at a later date.

ITEM 7. BIODIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURE

69. The Subsidiary Body considered agenda item 7 at the fourth plenary session of part I of the meeting,


on the review of the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity

and updated plan of action (CBD/SBSTTA/24/7/Rev.1), including a suggested recommendation. It also had

before it, as an information document, a report on the state of knowledge of soil biodiversity

(CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/8).


session, on 25 and 26 February 2021, at which time interventions had been made by 33 Parties, 2 regional

groups and 10 observers, with written statements also received from 2 other Parties and 7 other observers.5

71. A regional statement was made by the representative of Ghana (on behalf of African Group).





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72. Statements were made by the representatives of Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Ecuador,

France, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Samoa (also on behalf of Palau), Spain, South Africa, Switzerland

and Uganda.

73. In addition to statements presented orally by Parties, written statements by Australia, Mexico and

Portugal were made available on the meeting web page.

74. Statements were also made by representatives of the CBD Alliance, the CBD Women’s Caucus,

FAO, IPC, the Nature Conservancy (also on behalf of the World Wildlife Fund) and the University of

Cambridge Conservation Leadership Alumni Network.

75. Following the exchange of views, the Chair said that he would prepare a revised text on the elements

of the agenda item related to biodiversity and agriculture, taking into account the views expressed orally by

the Parties or supported by them and the comments received in writing, during the informal session in

February and at the current meeting.

76. The Subsidiary Body considered the draft recommendation prepared by the Chair at the seventh

plenary session of part I of the meeting, on 7 June 2021.

77. Statements were made by representatives of Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile,

Colombia Costa Rica, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Peru, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

78. The Subsidiary Body resumed its consideration of the draft recommendation at the eighth plenary

session of part I of the meeting, on 8 June 2021.

79. Following an exchange of views, the Subsidiary Body approved the draft recommendation, as orally

amended, as draft recommendation CBD/SBSTTA/24/L.7, for formal adoption at a later stage. It was noted

that, due to time constraints, the annex setting out the draft action plan 2020‒2030 on the International

Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity could not be considered and was

therefore placed in brackets.

ITEM 8. PROGRAMME OF WORK OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL SCIENCE-

POLICY PLATFORM ON BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

80. The Subsidiary Body considered agenda item 8 at the second plenary session of part I of the meeting,


on the programme of work of IPBES (CBD/SBSTTA/24/8), which included a suggested recommendation.

It also had an information document on the topic (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/17) for its consideration.

81. Regional statements were made by representatives of Serbia (on behalf of the Central and Eastern

European countries) and South Africa (on behalf of the African Group).

82. Additional statements were made by representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Japan, Mexico and

Switzerland.

83. The Subsidiary Body resumed its consideration of the item during the third plenary session of part I

of the meeting, on 23 May 2021.

84. Statements were made by representatives of Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Cambodia,

Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy,

Morocco, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.

85. A statement was also made by the representative of the secretariat of IPBES.

86. Further statements were made by representatives of the CBD Women’s Caucus, GYBN and the IIFB.



the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Griffith University, the secretariat of the Convention

on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (also on behalf of the secretariat of UNESCO)

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and the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries

Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa.

88. Following the exchange of views, the Chair said that he would prepare a revised draft

recommendation for the consideration of the Subsidiary Body, taking into account the views expressed orally

by the Parties or supported by them and the comments received in writing.

89. At the seventh session of the meeting, on 7 June 2021, the Subsidiary Body considered a revised

draft recommendation submitted by the Chair. Following an exchange of views, the Subsidiary Body

approved the revised draft recommendation, as orally amended, as draft recommendation

CBD/SBSTTA/24/L.4, for formal adoption at a later stage.

ITEM 9. BIODIVERSITY AND HEALTH

90. The Subsidiary Body considered agenda item 9 at the eighth plenary session of part I of the meeting,

on 8 June 2021. In considering the item, the Subsidiary Body had before it a note by the Executive Secretary

on biodiversity and health (CBD/SBSTTA/24/9), which included a suggested recommendation. It also had

before it, as information documents, supporting guidance and tools on biodiversity and health interlinkages

and One Health approaches (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/25) and a compilation of key messages and approaches

to biodiversity and health interlinkages (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/26).

91. The Chair of the session, Ms. Helena Jeffery Brown (Antigua and Barbuda), recalled that the item

had not been on the agenda of the informal session and said that, owing to time constraints, a draft

recommendation on the topic would only be considered during the second part of the twenty-fourth meeting

of the Subsidiary Body, to be held in person at a later date.

92. A regional statement was made by the representative of Ukraine (on behalf of the Central and Eastern

European countries).

93. Statements were made by representatives of Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile,

China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan,

Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Spain,

Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda and the United Kingdom.

94. Statements were made by representatives of FAO, UNEP and the World Health Organization.

95. Statements were also made by representatives of the Advisory Committee of Subnational

Governments for Biodiversity (coordinated by Regions4 and the government of Quebec) (also on behalf of

the European Committee of the Regions, the Group of Leading Subnational Governments toward Aichi

Biodiversity Targets, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, and on behalf of the Edinburgh Process

partners), the CBD Women’s Caucus, the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN), the International

Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (also on behalf of the Indigenous Women’s Biodiversity Network).



Future Earth, IUCN, the Nature Conservancy, Target Malaria and WCS.

97. At the ninth session of part I of the meeting, on 9 June 2021, the Chair said that, following

consultations with the Bureau, he had decided to establish a contact group to further discuss the issue when

the Subsidiary Body next met in person. The specific mandate of the contact group would be to review the

annex of the document, a global action plan for biodiversity and health, and, if time allowed, to also review

the recommendations. The contact group would be co-chaired by Ms. Jeffery Brown and Ms. Marina von

Weissenberg (Finland). Based on interventions and submissions received, the Secretariat would issue a non-

paper document that would serve as a basis for discussion in the contact group.

ITEM 10. INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES

98. The Subsidiary Body considered agenda item 10 at the sixth plenary session of part I of the meeting,


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on invasive alien species (CBD/SBSTTA/24/10, and Corr.1), including a suggested recommendation. It also

had before it, as information documents: (a) a note by the Executive Secretary on invasive alien species:

technical specifications under the World Customs Organization Framework of Standards on Cross-border E-

commerce (CBD/SBSTTA/24/INF/15); (b) a note by the Executive Secretary on draft advice or elements for

the development of technical guidance on management measures for invasive alien species to be

implemented by broad sectors to facilitate achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 and beyond

(CBD/IAS/AHTEG/2019/1/2); and (c) the report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Invasive Alien

Species (BD/IAS/AHTEG/2019/13).


session, on 26 February 2021, at which time interventions had been made by 26 Parties and 2 regional groups,

with written statements also received from 2 other Parties and 7 observers.6

100. Statements were made by the representatives of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,

Ecuador, Finland, France, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Morocco, Peru, Portugal, Samoa,

South Africa, Spain, Sweden and Uganda.

101. In addition to statements presented orally by Parties, written statements by Canada, Mexico and

Panama were made available on the meeting web page.

102. Statements were also made by representatives of the CBD Women’s Caucus, FAO, IIFB, Island

Conservation and IUCN.

103. Following the exchange of views, the Chair said that he would consult on the need for a contact

group or other arrangements to facilitate progress on the item. Pending those consultations, he would also

prepare a revised text on the elements of the agenda item related to invasive alien species, taking into account

the views expressed orally by the Parties or supported by them and the comments received in writing, during

the informal session in February and at the current meeting.

104. The Chair subsequently established a friends of the chair group facilitated by Ms. Senka

Barudanovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

105. At the ninth plenary session of part I of the meeting, on 9 June 2021, the facilitator of the friends of

the chair group reported on the group’s deliberations. She explained that at the request of the Chair, the

Secretariat had sent invitations to delegates from 16 Parties, 14 of whom had attended a group meeting. The

group had been tasked to find a way forward on the annexes in the draft recommendation prepared by the

Chair. The draft recommendation had been updated to reflect the outcome of the group’s discussions.

106. Following the facilitator’s report, the Chair said that owing to a lack of time, consideration of the

draft recommendation set out in document CBD/SBSTTA/24/CRP.7, which reflected statements made and

submissions received during the informal session in February and the current meeting including the outcome

of discussions in the friends of the chair group, would be deferred to a later date.

SUSPENSION OF THE MEETING

107. As indicated in the Chair’s note (CBD/SBSTTA/24/1/Add.2) and described in paragraph 14 above,

the Subsidiary Body agreed, at its ninth plenary session of part I of the meeting, on 9 June 2021, to suspend

its twenty-fourth meeting and resume it at a later date. During the session, a number of representatives

signalled connectivity issues that they felt prevented them from participating adequately in the discussion.

108. Following an introduction by the Rapporteur, the report of part I of the meeting

(CBD/SBSTTA/24/Part1/L.1) was approved by the Subsidiary Body on the understanding that it would be

completed to reflect the proceedings of the session and that the full report would be considered and adopted

at a resumed session.



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109. The Chair noted that he would draw the attention of the Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working

Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to the proceedings of the meeting, the documents

prepared and the statements made, so that they could take them into account, as appropriate, in preparing the

first draft of the framework ahead of the third meeting of the Working Group.

110. The meeting was suspended at 2:15 p.m. (UTC) (10:15 a.m. Montreal time) on 9 June 2021.

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